Speech Language Pathologist - Inpatient - Per Diem - Clackamas

Kaiser Permanente-posted 3 months ago
Clackamas, OR
Ambulatory Health Care Services
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Provides diagnostic and treatment interventions (depending first on the needs of the department and next on the speech pathologists area of specialization) to improve the patients speech/language, oral/facial musculature and structure, cognitive skills, voice, fluency, breathing and/or swallowing abilities to maximum potential. The Speech Pathologist will provide this treatment per physicians order and coordinate therapeutic activities with the patient, caregiver and other health care disciplines. The speech pathologist will work as part of the interdisciplinary team and follow the Kaiser and the department guidelines.

  • Evaluates patients communication/articulation, physical, cognitive, breathing, swallowing status, functional abilities and age specific needs of patients to determine the current level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence and quality of life.
  • Develops and implements a treatment plan which involves the patient, family, and social support system, identifies interventions to reach achievable goals, coordinates and collaborates on treatment options, advocates enhancing patients social support systems; facilitates appropriate environmental modifications.
  • Provides treatments based on established departmental guidelines and protocols; provides skills based on competency check lists.
  • Travels to various settings providing speech pathology services throughout the northwest region as determined by the needs of the department.
  • Provides timely and complete documentation following department guidelines.
  • Follows HIPPA, Medicare, Medicaide, JCAHO as well as state, organizational and department rules.
  • Coordinates therapy activities with other health care disciplines.
  • Participates in quality and performance improvement activities within the department including but not limited to measurement and continuous improvement of clinical competency, regulatory compliance, outcome achievement, resource management, work team performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Performs other duties as required.
  • Masters degree in speech pathology.
  • Speech-Language Pathologist License (Oregon) within 18 months of hire OR Conditional Speech Language Pathologist Certificate (Oregon)
  • Drivers License (in location where applicable)
  • Basic Life Support within 2 months of hire
  • National Provider Identifier required at hire
  • Completion of speech pathology patient training through Masters speech pathology program.
  • Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.
  • Experience as a speech pathologist seeing both inpatient and outpatient caseload.
  • Experience with treating dysphagic patients.
  • Experience with treating adults and pediatric patients.
  • Ability to both evaluate and treat patients with dysphagia.
  • Ability to scope patients during a fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing.
  • Ability to evaluate both children and adults with specific skills in administering language, cognitive and articulation assessments.
  • Ability to treat both children and adults with specific skills in treating patients with language, cognitive and communication deficits.
  • Ability to provide evaluation and treatment for patients with the following disorders: Dysphagia, voice disorder, communication/articulation problems, cognitive deficits.
  • Able to work autonomously and manage their own case load.
  • Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Operational knowledge or ability to learn computerized clinical documentation and office application systems.
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